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Book Launch "Not Just Profs and Toffs – Families Living in the University of Melbourne Grounds" by Juliet Flesch
By University House
Date and time
Mon, 26 Nov 2018 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM AEDT
Location
University House
Professors' Walk The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 AustraliaDescription
Members and Guests are invited to attend the book launch of
"Not Just Profs and Toffs – Families Living in the University of Melbourne Grounds"
by Juliet Flesch
to be launched by Stuart Macintyre
Like the Gatekeeper’s Lodge at the Main Entrance and the Staff Club backing on to Tin Alley, the house remains but, like them and a score of others since demolished, nobody lives there.
During its first hundred years the University of Melbourne grounds housed professors, gardeners, porters, messengers, dissecting room attendants and laboratory technicians, all with families, many of whom spent decades on campus. Not Just Profs and Toffs tells the story of some of those families, looking at their physical accommodation, social interactions and to what extent living in what was at time a gated community affected them.
Books available on the night!
Books available on the night!
Registration is essential
Free Member and Guest event
Drinks and canapes provided
Organised by
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